Pet Shop Boys Volume (2026)

Marking the fortieth anniversary of Please, the Pet Shop Boys’ first album, this hardcover book presents the duo’s entire visual output to date in a contemporary literary format. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are described as the most successful duo in pop music history, with more than 50 million records sold worldwide, No. 1 hits including “West End girls”, “It’s a sin” and “Always on my mind”, and platinum-selling albums such as Please, Actually and Very. The book follows their work across music, art, film, theatre, design and fashion, from record sleeves and music videos to stage shows, sets, costumes, photoshoots, publications and Christmas cards. It also includes collaborations with artists and designers including Mark Farrow, Wolfgang Tillmans, Martin Parr, Bruce Weber, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Derek Jarman, Scott King, Zaha Hadid, Tom Scutt and Es Devlin. Arranged year by year, the retrospective expands on Pet Shop Boys Catalogue. Commentaries by Chris Heath and Philip Hoare, introductions by Libby Sellers and Hoare, and a foreword by Jeremy Deller provide perspectives on the duo’s projects, design history and lasting cultural impact. The book also includes a new conversation between Heath, Tennant and Lowe.